I think it is a good move, as with ST, he is trying to become the ambassador of a brand, instead of being part of a team and he is thinking in the future not the right now, right now he makes tons of money by winning tournaments, he is already working on his retirement (from tennis) plan. It did not work out with ST maybe because they did not have the money but who knows, maybe Uniqlo does.

On the other hand I really believe Nike nor Adidas can't afford him, they would have to either let go some of the lower ranked players AND increase the gear prices, cna you imagine Barricades at $150??

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As a Djokovic Fan , i think Djokovic family is pretty evil haha, they probably want to get the rights distributing Uniqlo in Serbia and some other European countries lol
Thats why Djoko is signing with them lol....

Offical press conference will be in Paris tomorrow - One statement that ST made in both the Italian and French press was that Nole become bigger than the brand.....reality was/is the ST stuff didnt sell - period.

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Tacchini didn't sell because the company was unable to stock retail properly. They didn't capitalize on his success one bit. Their clothing looks good aside from that dragon stencil nonsense that popped up a while back.

It's just bad business. They signed Djokovic right before he had a historic year. They didn't capitalize on it, and now they have nothing to offer Djokovic to keep him there.

They currently don't have a Tennis line - curious to see what they'll launch.

(Hopefully nothing with Dragons on them)

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I'm not sure what you are basing your assessment of the quality on but I have a few articles of Uniqlo clothing (jeans, shirts, one poly athletic shirt) that I picked up in Taiwan because the look and quality impressed me. I was also stopping in to see if they had Nishikori gear but they didn't, unfortunately.

I, for one, really like this move for Nole and hope that TW gets to stock this stuff.

This is absolutely shocking. Had to have been motivated by money. No one leaves the likes of Nike, Adidas, Lacoste, Lotto, and other reputable and legendary brands for a Japanese brand that has yet to send one product to the supposed "illustrious" and "important" US market.

The ST logo was starting to becomes defined by Djokovic, shame for their brand that they couldn't hold their only superstar.

Big time question marks for me. Wondering if they'll incorporate his new logo?

Ah, well. I guess you have a better idea of the quality than I do but I haven't had any quality issues as of yet. The Uniqlo stuff I have has aged and washed as well as any of the Lacoste and Banana Republic clothes I typically wear. /shrug

This has gone from bad to worse. ST designs were lame this year but Uniqlo's are dreadfull. Please for the love of God sign with Nike or Adidas.

Can't belive neither of them have offered him a deal, they will lose a a great chance to gain $$$, especially Adidas .

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Neither Nike nor Adidas have offered him a deal because they know they would likely lose money on him. Nobody buys the clothes that Djokovic wears, regardless if it's Nike, Adidas or Sergio Tacchini. When Djokovic was with Adidas, I never saw anyone wearing anything from his Adidas line. The only tennis clothes that seem to sell is Nike's RF line. I see people wearing RF hats everywhere.

This is absolutely shocking. Had to have been motivated by money. No one leaves the likes of Nike, Adidas, Lacoste, Lotto, and other reputable and legendary brands for a Japanese brand that has yet to send one product to the supposed "illustrious" and "important" US market.

Neither Nike nor Adidas have offered him a deal because they know they would likely lose money on him. Nobody buys the clothes that Djokovic wears, regardless if it's Nike, Adidas or Sergio Tacchini. When Djokovic was with Adidas, I never saw anyone wearing anything from his Adidas line. The only tennis clothes that seem to sell is Nike's RF line. I see people wearing RF hats everywhere.

That's because they are now heavily discounted since they are at least 3 years old and Djokovic no longer wears them. People will buy stuff that's dirt cheap regardless of sponsorship. Heck, I saw a Adidas Djokovic Falcon tennis shirt that was originally $60 for sale at Ross last year for only $14.99. I considered buying it because it was so cheap and not because Djokovic wore it. But I passed because I just couldn't stomach the ugly design.

This is absolutely shocking. Had to have been motivated by money. No one leaves the likes of Nike, Adidas, Lacoste, Lotto, and other reputable and legendary brands for a Japanese brand that has yet to send one product to the supposed "illustrious" and "important" US market.

The ST logo was starting to becomes defined by Djokovic, shame for their brand that they couldn't hold their only superstar.

Big time question marks for me. Wondering if they'll incorporate his new logo?

I was a huge Adidas fan back in the day; specially their soccer gear in the original line is a timeless classic. In Tennis circuit they made some nice looking stuff for Marat. I find the new shoe lineup endorsed by Tsonga and Verdasco too tacky. Murray's is still bearable but still not as good as what likes of Lendl used to wear back in the day. Nike is the only saving grace but there too I don't like their new Vapour line up for RF. The new shoes don't look like tennis shoes and somehow I don't think I can wear them for casual use unlike the old lineup.

no company has made anything to make me take notice in years. if i notice clothes, it's cos i notice how dreadful i think they are (novak's rome get-up is a perfect example). tacchini had some style, back in the day. but i guess you could say that about most of the companies these days.

i can't remember the last time i saw a shirt on a player and said, "i gotta have that!"